Description

BugGuide (http://bugguide.net) is an online community of naturalists who enjoy learning about and sharing observations of insects, spiders, and other related creatures. BugGuide collects photographs of insects and other arthropods from the United States and Canada for identification and research and summarizes findings in guide pages for each order, family, genus, and species. By capturing the place and time that submitted images were taken, BugGuide creates a virtual insect collection.

Purpose

To share observations and knowledge of insects, spiders, and other related creatures for identification and research.

Taxonomic Coverages

Arthropods including insects (Insecta), spiders (Arachnida), and other crawling invertebrates.

Amphipoda

common name: Amphipods
rank: order

Isopoda

common name: Isopods
rank: order

Geophilomorpha

common name: Soil Centipedes
rank: order

Scutigeromorpha

common name: House Centipedes
rank: order

Scolopendromorpha

common name: Bark Centipedes
rank: order

Diptera

common name: Flies
rank: order

Mecoptera

common name: Scorpionflies, Hangingflies, and Allies
rank: order

Lepidoptera

common name: Butterflies and Moths
rank: order

Hymenoptera

common name: Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
rank: order

Coleoptera

common name: Beetles
rank: order

Neuroptera

common name: Antlions, Owlflies, Lacewings, Mantidflies and Allies
rank: order